competência
/kõ.pɨ.ˈtẽ.sjɐ/
The verdict
“competência” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,999 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,999
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - habilidade para realizar alguma tarefa de forma satisfatória
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | competência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kõ.pɨ.ˈtẽ.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #6,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “competência” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for competência is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.pɨ.ˈtẽ.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,999 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for competência, with forms such as "ccompetência", "cmopetência", and "comeptência". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is competência, spelled C-O-M-P-E-T-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1habilidade para realizar alguma tarefa de forma satisfatória
- 2responsabilidade
- 3faculdade concedida por lei a um funcionário, orgão, juiz ou tribunal para apreciar e julgar certos pleitos ou questões
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccompetência,cmopetência,comeptência,commpetência,competnêcia,compettência,competêcnia,competêncai,competênccia,competênica,competênncia,compeêtncia,comppetência,compteência,copmetência,ocmpetência
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of competência - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “competência”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-M-P-E-T-Ê-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kõ.pɨ.ˈtẽ.sjɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.